Almanacs & Yearbooks — Kindle Category Opportunity
Competition snapshot for the Reference best-seller list, ease-of-entry score 63.0/100.
Category metrics
Score
63.0
Median reviews
46
Weak share (top 20)
60%
Median price
$8.34
Median star rating
4.6
Books scanned
50
Worth writing in?
Almanacs & Yearbooks sits below our demand gate: 60% of the top 20 is under-reviewed, but overall reader activity is thin too. It can be a quiet corner to build in slowly — validate demand with keyword lookups before committing a series. Ease-of-entry score 63.0/100.
Breakout books — top 15, under 100 reviews, $0.99–4.99
Best-seller list on Amazon| # | Title | Star | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Pro Wrestling Compendium: 2023 Year in Review: CM Punk's firing & hiring, match of the year machines, and heartbreaking goodbyes | — | 0 | $2.99 |
| 12 | The Big Book Of Seriously Strange Facts: 777 Illustrated Curiosities, Bizarre True Stories & Mind-Blowing Discoveries for Curious Minds (The Curious Mind Almanacs) | — | 0 | $2.99 |
| 11 | The Practical Witch's Almanac 2018: Thirteen Months of Magic | 3.9 | 11 | $4.99 |
High-frequency phrases in this category's titles
Mine all categoriesHigh-frequency phrases mined from the 50 best-seller titles on this category's list. The ease-of-entry score tells you how winnable the category is; these title phrases tell you which words readers search with — use the two layers together. Frequency is a title statistic, not a search-volume estimate.
| Phrase | Titles | Rank-weighted score |
|---|---|---|
| almanac 2027 | 7 | 236 |
| farmer almanac | 5 | 186 |
| weather forecasts | 3 | 124 |
| old farmer almanac | 3 | 114 |
| gardening weather | 3 | 89 |
| world almanac | 3 | 78 |
| farmer almanac 2027 | 2 | 72 |
| sustainable living | 2 | 72 |
| cia world factbook | 2 | 70 |
| almanac america most trusted | 2 | 64 |
| america most trusted reference | 2 | 64 |
| gardening weather and astronomy | 2 | 64 |
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2 subcategories under this category
| Subcategory | Score | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|
| █████ | 65.5 | 76.5 |
| █████ | 64.5 | 45.5 |
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Research snapshot scanned on Oct 19, 2026. Refreshed periodically — not live tracking.